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In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaean Greeks after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus king of Sparta. Was there a Trojan War? Assessing the Evidence from Recent Excavations at Troy In the cour

Great documentary about Otzi the Iceman.Ötzi the Iceman, Similaun Man, and Man from Hauslabjoch are modern names for a well-preserved natural mummy of a man who lived about 5,300 years ago. The mummy was found in September 1991 in the Ötztal Alp

1300 BC A merchant ship weighed down with a rich cargo sails from it's port, its possible destination, an Eastern Mediterranean port. At some point, disaster strikes, the ship sinks in the waters off southern Turkey where the wreckage was discovered. Nova

Anthropological reconstructions of Proto-Nordic skulls from Russia, originating from 8750-1600 BC. The first skull is a gracile(!) Proto-Nordic from 8750 BC from Peschanitsa, the second a robust one from 8300 BC from Popovo. The skulls and faces do not al